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Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say

13 June 201913 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, cod, fish, fisheries, food

“The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.” The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

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Is Norway’s farmed salmon as healthy as we think?

12 June 201913 June 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments algae, exports, fish, fisheries, food, salmon

Swedes love salmon but some scientists and a new film say the farmed variety of the fish isn’t as healthy

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Canada ratifies international moratorium on commercial fishing in the High Arctic

31 May 201931 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, fisheries, fishing, indigenous, Inuit, oceans

Canada has ratified an international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from

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Community in Arctic Canada seeks ways to grow thriving turbot industry

3 April 2019 Donna McElligott, CBC News 0 Comments employment, fish, fisheries, fishing, Nunavut, Pangnirtung, turbot, work

Every day and night in Pangnirtung, Nunavut from January to April, there’s a steady parade of snow machines leaving and

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Greenland Atlantic salmon catch numbers well above new quota

3 April 20195 April 2019 CBC News 1 Comment fish, fisheries, fishing, quotas, salmon

Just a few months ago, members of the Atlantic Salmon Federation were celebrating. Initial figures from Greenland showed the salmon

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Russia, Norway find common ground on Barents fish

15 March 201915 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, diplomacy, fish, fisheries

We consider the interaction between our countries on regulation of joint fish stocks an example for all other coastal states,

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U.S. gov clears path for genetically engineered salmon

11 March 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, fish, fisheries, food, Food and Drug Administration, salmon

Genetically engineered salmon is on its way to the United States. U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Friday

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Norway’s seafood exports continue to grow

8 January 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments exports, fisheries, fishing, food, seafood

Norwegian seafood export valued record high €10 billion in 2018, up 5% compared to 2017. 2.7 million tonnes of seafood

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Nuclear-powered cargo ship could boost fish shipments along Northern Sea Route

12 November 20189 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments fisheries, fishing, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, nuclear, Pacific Ocean, shipping

The Sevmorput might start shuttling frozen fish along the Northern Sea Route. Russia’s state nuclear power company Rosatom eyes new

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Norway and Russia agree to slash cod quotas in Barents Sea

18 October 201819 October 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Capelin, cod, ecosystem, fish, fisheries, fishing, wildlife

The joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission decides to reduce next year’s quotas to 725,000 tons. “After another round of constructive and

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Increasing ocean acidification ushering era of uncertainty for Arctic, says report

11 October 201812 October 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 2 Comments Alaska, Arctic Biodiveristy Congress, Arctic Council, Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, Canada, climate change, fisheries, indigenous, pollution

If left unchecked, acidification levels in the Arctic Ocean will have significant consequences for northern communities as well as the

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Binding agreement on Arctic fisheries moratorium officially signed by EU and nine countries

3 October 20185 October 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, fisheries, fishing, indigenous, Inuit, nature, oceans

Canada, the European Union and eight other countries signed Wednesday a legally binding international accord that will protect nearly three

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Canada announces investments to tackle illegal fishing and discarded fishing gear

21 September 201821 September 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Catherine McKenna, fisheries, fishing, G7, Jonathan Wilkinson, oceans, plastic

The Canadian government is investing $10 million to support the development and deployment of satellite-based technologies that can remotely identify

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Why does an Alaska Congressman want to change America’s beloved fisheries law?

12 July 201812 July 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Don Young, fisheries, fishing, law, Magnuson-Stevens Act

The U.S. House of representatives on Wednesday passed a revision of the Magnuson Stevens Act sponsored by Alaska Congressman Don

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Lower Barents Sea cod and haddock quotas, scientists advise

15 June 201815 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, cod, conservation, fisheries, fishing, haddock, Norway, Russia

Norwegian and Russian marine researchers for the third year in a row recommend reducing the catch of Northeast Arctic cod.

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